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Topic: Making internal Bulkheads (Read 107 times)

Here is an easy way to manufacture internal bulkheads to fit inside a fuselage.

This is not my original idea I'm pretty sure I picked this up from somewhere on the interwebs but I can't for the life of me remember where. Perhaps one of you guy will put me straight. I just want to pass on the technique.

First get some fuse wire and mould it to the inside of the fuselage....... by Robomog, on Flickr

Next .......

Place on a piece of plastic card and trace round the outside of the wire....... by Robomog, on Flickr

Then.........

Carefully line it up and trace the other side. Obviously if the two sides are different make another profile by Robomog, on Flickr

This looks good.Iíve never tried this but Iíve heard of using the styrofoam cut from an egg carton or such, trim it close, then press it into the opening to form it to the shape of the fuselage. Perhaps a combo of these two techniques would work.

Solder or lead wire would be perfect for this as it doesn't have the flex/springiness other metal wires do, so once formed, if handled carefully, should give you a good line to follow.

Neat idea, 'mog!

For the "flip-the-wire" version, it would probably be best done on paper or card (&, then, only if you marked the edges of the fuselage join carefully) before being transferred to styrene. Mind you, it does give you a cheaper means of test fitting before cutting styrene if you do it that way.

« Last Edit: March 17, 2019, 08:57:42 PM by Old Wombat »

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